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"We have gotten pretty good at getting DNA from dried samples (for example herbarium sheets)." Best DNA comes from before about 500 years of age. After that, d
by lightedman 9y ago
"We have gotten pretty good at getting DNA from dried samples (for example herbarium sheets)."
Best DNA comes from before about 500 years of age. After that, degradation is pretty bad, and while we can get an idea of what it once was, we cannot currently perfectly reproduce it.